Passive voice
Change sentence into the passive:
I'm afraid they don't provide the food.
The food is not provided.
Match the words together to create collocations:
ACT TO DRUGS
AVOID OF TERRORISM
ADDICTED JUNK FOOD
ABANDONED PLACE
ADDICTED TO DRUGS
ACT OF TERRORISM
AVOID JUNK FOOD
ABANDONED PLACE
Put the verbs in past perfect tense:
As soon as I __________________ I ______________.
FINISH EATING DINNER (first) / GO TO CHURCH (then)
As soon as I had finished eating dinner I went to church.
Fill in the missing letters and create the idiom:
Attracting attention
Do you like wearing eye-c_ _ ching clothes?
EYE-CATCHING = very attractive or noticeable
Fill in the missing articles:
I can see ____ cat. ______ cat is sitting on the window.
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I can see a cat. The cat is sitting on the window.
Change sentence into the passive form:
How many languages do people in India speak?
How many languages are spoken in India?
Match the words together to create collocations:
VEGETABLES REMOTE
CONTROL ROTTEN
MOUNTAIN VILLAGE REWARDING
JOB REMOTE
ROTTEN VEGETABLES
REMOTE CONTROL
REMOTE MOUNTAIN VILLAGE
REWARDING JOB
Put the verbs in past perfect tense:
After she _______________, she ______________.
SELL HER JEWELLERY (first) / BUY A NEW CAR (next)
After she had sold her jewellery, she bought a new car.
Fill in the missing letters and create the idiom:
a very lazy person
Would you call yourself a c_ _ch p_ _ _to?
A COUCH POTATO = lazy and inactive person
Fill in the missing articles:
She is ___ student. She goes to ____ school by ___ tram.
She is a student. She goes to school by tram.
Change sentence into the passive form:
You can't eat these mushrooms.
These mushrooms can't be eaten. (cannot be eaten)
Match the words together to create collocations:
THE SITUATION HEAL
ERROR HUMAN
NATURE HUMAN
THE WOUND HANDLE
HANDLE THE SITUATION
HUMAN ERROR
HUMAN NATURE
HEAL THE WOUND
Put the verbs in past perfect tense:
By the time he _____________________, it _________________.
GET REALLY COLD (first) / REACH THE TOP OF THE MOUNTAIN (then)
By the time he reached the top of the mountain, it had got really cold.
Fill in the missing letters and create the idiom:
a place to live
Why do people sometimes lose the r_ _f over their h_ _d?
A ROOF OVER YOUR HEAD = a place to live
Fill in the missing articles:
___ king lives in ___ huge castle. ___ castle is made of stone.
The king lives in a huge castle. The castle is made of stone.
Change sentence into the passive form:
People say he is the fastest runner in the country.
He is said to be the fastest runner in the country.
Match the words together to create collocations:
AT SOMEBODY GOOD
CAUSE GOOD
AND EVIL GAZE
SOMEBODY WARMLY GREET
GAZE AT SOMEBODY
GOOD CAUSE
GOOD AND EVIL
GREET SOMEBODY WARMLY
Put the verbs in past perfect tense:
By the time ___________________, the robber _____________.
RUN OFF WITH THE MONEY (first) / THE POLICE ARRIVE (second)
By the time police arrived, the robber had run off with the money.
Fill in the missing letters and create the idiom:
cost a lot of money
What was the thing which you bought that cost you an a_m and a l_g?
COST AN ARM AND A LEG = cost a lot of money
Fill in the missing articles:
___ Smiths have ___ baby son. He is such ___ cute boy.
The Smiths have a baby son. He is such a cute boy.
Change sentence into the passive form:
They have offered me a more challenging job.
I have been offered a more challenging job.
Match the words together to create collocations:
IN THE GAPS FILL
LIGHT FILL
IN A FORM FATAL
ACCIDENT FLICKERING
FILL IN THE GAPS
FLICKERING LIGHT
FILL IN A FORM
FATAL ACCIDENT
Put the verbs in past perfect tense:
Soon after he ____________________, he ________________.
FALL IN LOVE WITH MAGGIE (first) / PROPOSE TO HER (next)
Soon after he had fallen in love with Maggie, he proposed to her.
Fill in the missing letters and create the idiom:
to know important people who can help you get what you want
Is it good to have fr_ _ _ds in h_ _h pl_ _es?
HAVE FRIENDS IN HIGH PLACES = to know important people who can help you get what you want
Fill in the missing articles:
He lives on ___ island. He is ___ only living person living on ___ island.
He lives on an island. He is the only living person living on the island.